still in venice, but i thought this part of our visit deserved its own post. the peggy guggenheim collection is a modern art gallery made up of the american art collector, peggy guggenheim's personal collection of works.
she acquired a heap of works that she viewed as the most important art from the first half of the 20th century. lots of surrealism & cubism - max ernst, henri magritte, joan miró, man ray and even a salvador dali painting.
the collection had a garden filled with modern sculptures including this impressive mirror & glass triangular prism that was a real life optical illusion. so trippy..
the garden is also home to venice's wish tree (the brainchild of yoko ono, titled 'to peggy with love x'), where visitors are invited to jot down a wish onto a slip of paper, then attach it to tiny branches of the tree. a novel concept with a magical effect - the hundred's of little pieces of paper all ripple in the breeze. we had a cheeky stalk of everyone's wishes. some were deep & meaningful: 'paix sur la terre', some were fun: 'to fly' and some were just.... odd: 'puppy'.
i'd definitely recomend a visit to peggy guggenheim if you're in venice. it's a refreshing break from all the dramatic venetian paintings & it's in a really peaceful corner of venice - the sestière of dorsoduro. it's right near the santa maria della salute church.
arrivederci ...(can't say that without imagining brad pitt in inglorious basterds),
S.
she acquired a heap of works that she viewed as the most important art from the first half of the 20th century. lots of surrealism & cubism - max ernst, henri magritte, joan miró, man ray and even a salvador dali painting.
the collection had a garden filled with modern sculptures including this impressive mirror & glass triangular prism that was a real life optical illusion. so trippy..
the garden is also home to venice's wish tree (the brainchild of yoko ono, titled 'to peggy with love x'), where visitors are invited to jot down a wish onto a slip of paper, then attach it to tiny branches of the tree. a novel concept with a magical effect - the hundred's of little pieces of paper all ripple in the breeze. we had a cheeky stalk of everyone's wishes. some were deep & meaningful: 'paix sur la terre', some were fun: 'to fly' and some were just.... odd: 'puppy'.
i'd definitely recomend a visit to peggy guggenheim if you're in venice. it's a refreshing break from all the dramatic venetian paintings & it's in a really peaceful corner of venice - the sestière of dorsoduro. it's right near the santa maria della salute church.
arrivederci ...(can't say that without imagining brad pitt in inglorious basterds),
S.
haha that is so funny! oh I'm flattered! yes I hope so to! hopefully I'll come like this autumn or something!
ReplyDeleteand also, I was wondering if it would be okey for me to borrow some of your paris-pictures at my blog? like "paris in anorher perspective" and link your blog? the pictures are so beautiful!
love Stina
I'm there until the end of September...will you come before then? Haha, yes of course go ahead :) I think I saw one of mine on yours! The one of us at Pont des Arts?? Bisous chérie! x
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